Events

The event strived for a global and balanced geographical representation of youth and senior experts, and highly encouraged participation from all countries.

This event showcased best practices on how NDCs have been enhanced in the energy sector, and highlighted the support and finance needed to now move these targets into action.

As one of the custodians of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 on energy, IRENA will prominently participate in the 2022 Sustainable Energy for All Forum.

The capacity building workshop was a national level, 2-days training that covered the theoretical aspect of climate investments and flows as well as the approaches and practices adopted to track and report these investments and financial flows.

With the support of IRENA, Ministry of Energy and Industry undertook a Renewable Readiness Assessment (RRA) for the Kyrgyz Republic.

This virtual event aimed to present the case study of renewable energy auctions in Colombia and at the same time, provide a platform for stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean to learn about the different elements for the design of renewable energy auctions, while identifying challenges, opportunities and the way forward in the national and regional efforts to decarbonize the energy sector and the path to a net-zero-carbon energy future.

Commercial Treatment of Firm Capacity and its use for Contracting Renewable Generation Projects via PPAs in Central America-Stakeholder Consultation Workshop.

The 12th session of the IRENA Assembly took place in a virtual setting from 15 to 16 January 2022 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with related stakeholder and ministerial meetings held on 13 and 14 January 2022.

The workshop brought together large number of relevant stakeholders to discuss challenges and opportunities for the development of renewables and energy transition in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In this decade of action, IRENA will focus on ‘action on the ground’ during EXPO 2020, hosted by the United Arab Emirates from 1 October 2021 – 31 March 2022 in Dubai.

IRENA, in collaboration with its partners, has organized a two day capacity building workshop to share IRENA’s framework and insights regarding renewable energy auctions, and considerations, best practices, lessons learnt and specific case studies, with a focus on the Arab context.

The report analyses the current renewable energy finance and policy landscape in the Republic of North Macedonia, identifies specific barriers and associated risks which can hold back private-sector investment in renewable energy, and provides recommendations on policy frameworks and financial de-risking instruments to scale up renewable energy investments.

IRENA in collaboration with UK COP26 Presidency, has organized a series of Regional Expert Meetings on Climate Change, Enhanced NDCs’ and Renewable Energy Deployment.

The event helped uncover the inner workings of the CIP and generate dialogues of the potential and current impacts of the Platform.

The panel focused on the question of what it means to mainstream these pathways across different sectors and businesses.